Comments on: Why Windows XP will never die

By: XamaS

XamaS — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 18:25:06 +0000

Windows XP was, Is, and Always will be the best operating system Microsoft ever produced… but Considering the fact that windows Vista was introduced to make people upgrade, was a complete wrong step by Microsoft as Vista uses almost double the resources used by XP.. n windows Seven(7) is the next step in development n is way way ahead of Vista or XP.. as most of the drivers dont work on Vista.. but the support factor for Windows 7 is phenomenal… i used the test copy of Windows 7 myself n just cant wait to get my hands on the Full Version.. only down point in windows 7 is at the moment it doesnt support x64 .. its just for x86… so i strongly suggest wait for Windows 7 its the next big thing..

N one more thing for the linux users.. i’ve never used linux myself.. considering i’m an amateur in Linux. which Os do u suggest for me.. Thanks in advance..

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:26:26 +0000

It’s expensive to support an OS and keep it up to date. MS’s vision of the business OS is 64 bit for a hand in glove with its Server releases.

Microsoft’s biggest problem with Vista was the marketing side. Hard to understand why you want to put out an OS and give some people crippled versions. XP Pro and Home was fine.

Vista had no compelling reason to upgrade.

By: Yacko

Yacko — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:24:50 +0000

It’s not just about normal consumer and business computers like full laptops and desktops. Not everyone needs a full Vista eye candy experience. Does Vista or 7 run well on Atom or Via? For the life of me I cannot understand why MS cannot offer a cut down XP in relative perpetuity for phones, netbooks and netbook tablets and whatever UMPC comes along. Enough with Windows mobile/CE. Why is i amateurs can offer on BT stuff like TinyXP and MS cannot seem to deal with its own codebase except to bloat it? Why can’t MS revise its licensing terms and allow XP tablet ed on the burgeoning net tablet market? If MS was smart just simply provide what people really want and the company would pull out of its OS funk.

By: lock_down

lock_down — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:53:18 +0000

Windows 7 will be out by 2010.

Mid 2009 is the best bet now.

By: Ralph

Ralph — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 13:27:33 +0000

XP is the greatest OS released and this is coming from a Linux fan. I run Ubuntu on my main laptop and other Linux distros on my desktops. I still use XP on my desktops, and one other laptop.

XP is still considered the industry standard and will continue for some time. Sorry, but Vista didn’t cut it for me and I don’t believe I am alone.

Microsoft made a mistake, not so much with Vista per se. But the mistake was taking XP off the market (for the most part) prematurely.

They should have released Vista and kept XP at the same time indefinitely because the public and the more important (to Microsoft) … the business sector still uses it, wants it, and refuses to get rid of it and despite being long in the tooth it is a OS that won’t die for a long time.

Like the previous commenter said, Windows 98 is still in use. Windows 2000 was also …and still is, a great OS ….and can still run some modern applications.

The pending retirement of XP and being only left with Vista was the reason I started looking for affordable alternatives.

That is how I arrived at Linux. I also found Linux to run faster and runs great on newer and older hardware.

Is Linux a total replacement for XP? Thats debatable . In some areas …yes, overall it is a good substitute. It isn’t for everyone, but mostly for everyone.

The public wants XP, the business sector wants XP. Microsoft didn’t listen to their customers….now they see Linux starting to take hold and Apple doubling and tripling their market share.

I do hope that Windows 7 will be a suitable replacement for XP. Vista just wasn’t …IMO

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:18:31 +0000

A bit of revisionist history there. It took longer to release Vista because Bill Gates put out his initiative for TrustWorthy Computing in January 2002 when he ordered all development stopped for 10 weeks while training went on, followed by revisions of work in progress. Server 2003 was supposed to be Server 2002.

The first brush with it most folks saw was XP SP2, in late 2004. The results of his order can be debated, but it improved XP immensely and is the reason a huge number of drivers and software require it be installed.

It could have easily been released as a new OS and in hindsight it would have killed a lot of the bitching about the length of time to get Vista to market in 2006.

There is going to be no more development of 64 bit XP and XP will go away as more software gets optimized to use it. I’ve been running 64 bit Linux for a year and the difference in performance is very evident in video and sound conversions as well as editing. XP will never go away like people still use win98se.